stereotype

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However, it is a chance to bond and see new places - something siblings from Manchester Katie and Harrison, wanted to do, in contrast to the stereotype of bickering brothers and sisters.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

It was unfair to associate all fans with what happened that day, but it perhaps reinforced a long-held stereotype of what England supporters were like for some.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

“People tend to stereotype all things Jewish and what they don’t know about certain holidays with what they think they do,” Summers says.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

When no one is around, the doleful ex-judge listens to Italian gangsta rap, and sometimes even raps along with it, suggesting he isn’t quite the stereotype others assume him to be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

What I kept forgetting, of course, was that high school was home to infinite cliches for a reason, and that Ocean was, in some ways, still inextricable from his own stereotype.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi